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I would highly recommend Varnish using S3 as a backend origin. Add to that a few 100TB.com dedicated server and you have an extremely cheap CDN with pretty dece
by danielrhodes 12y ago
I would highly recommend Varnish using S3 as a backend origin. Add to that a few 100TB.com dedicated server and you have an extremely cheap CDN with pretty decent bandwidth and minimal maintenance.
CDNs have the advantage that they control more of the stack so can do more precise routing and have more edge nodes in more places. However, under the right circumstances, you can take the above quite far before a real CDN becomes necessary.
- mxpxrocks10 12y agohey Daniel- thanks for the comment. Do you run any special varnish config settings w/ s3?
- danielrhodes 12y agoNothing fancy right now. It's all static files. I think if I were doing caching of a dynamic application, some special settings would be far more valuable.
- RKearney 12y ago100TB.com specifically forbids using their service to create a CDN in their ToS[0]. 9. Acceptable Use/Illegal Activity d. We strive to maintain a high level of service, and a lot of customers depend on our high standards of quality. As such, we will not provide Services to those that are using our Services for: vii Using the Services for a content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN). An authorized CDN network offered through 100TB is accepted. Special requests to use the Services to run an unauthorized CDN network may be approved on a case- by-case basis. Failure to comply with this policy will result in termination of this TOS, and you will not receive a refund of the Fees. [0]: http://www.100tb.com/tos.php http://www.100tb.com/tos.php
- ddorian43 12y agopeople forget the story of simplecdn
- danielrhodes 12y agoJust looked this up. Thanks for the tip!
- nly 12y agoThere's a fundamental difference between reselling CDN services, and running a caching web proxy as part of your own infrastructure for your own use.